we start in germany. king charles has arrived on his first state visit since he succeeded his mother as the british monarch. let s show you the latest pictures but a warning these contain flashing images. a short time ago king charles and queen consort camilla arrived at bellevue palace in berlin for a state banquet. hosted by the german president. this is now a three day trip. and it began here in berlin. but this was all supposed to begin in france at the weekend. that leg though was cancelled because of those protests in france over pension reforms. well in berlin, the king received this ceremonial welcome at the brandenberg gate. that s significant it s the first time the brandenberg gate has been used to welcome a head of state. the king and queen consort then moved on the german president s residence, bellevue palace. they signed the guest book and this evening are attending a state banquet in their honour. let s hear from the german president. translation: this v
prince william and his wife kate mark the fifth anniversary of a catastrophic tower block fire in london in which 72 people died. in beijing, thousands of people are being locked down and millions face compulsory testing after a surge in covid i9 cases. music plays and could the best be yet to come? after nine years together, the k pop supergroup bts announce they re taking a break to focus on their solo careers. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. a last minute intervention by the european court of human rights has blocked the uk government s plan to send seven asylum seekers to rwanda, under a controversial new policy. the home secretary, pritti patel, said she was disappointed but would not be deterred and preparations for a second flight were under way. mark lobel reports. going nowhere. boris johnson s reminder going nowhere. borisjohnson s reminder plan to curb immigration grand canal. this flight was
my guest is nicu popescu, moldova s foreign minister and deputy pm. how can moldova best protect itself? nicu popescu, in chisinau, welcome to hardtalk. it s good talking to you, stephen, hello. it s a pleasure to have you on the show. now, mr deputy prime minister, you ve had more than 100 days of observing vladimir putin s invasion strategy in ukraine. right now, do you fear that putin represents a threat to moldova, too? i think this war is making every single person living on the european continent not only feel the insecurity generated by this war, generated by this blatant breach of international law. and of course we, as all other people living on the european continent, feel the impact of this insecurity. of course, given our geography, our history, this insecurity in moldova is indeed felt quite strongly. at the same time, we are, of course, ready for all possible developments, for all possible contingencies. but in our assessment and this assessment is shared by o
k-pop superstars bts have announced they re taking a break from playing together to concentrate on solo projects. it marks the first pause the band members have taken those are the latest headlines. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are kate maltby, who s a columnist at the i newspaper, and the times radio presenter calum macdonald. good evening to you both, we will chat in just a second. let s run you through the front of those newspapers. one story dominates the papers the government s attempt to send some asylum seekers to rwanda, and the court decisions which have grounded that first flight to kigali. the metro sums up the saga as something of a farce. the daily mail illustrates the story with a dramatic photo of a dinghy dwarfed by an oil tanker in the channel. the times headline highlights the last minute ruling from the european court of human rights. while the daily express leads on borisjohnson s anger at
prince william and his wife kate mark the fifth anniversary of a catastrophic tower block fire in london in which 72 people died. in beijing, thousands of people are being locked down and millions face compulsory testing after a surge in covid 19 cases. music. and could the best be yet to come? after nine years together, the k pop supergroup bts announce they re taking a break to focus on their solo careers. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello, and welcome to the programme. a last minute intervention by the european court of human rights has blocked the uk government s plan to send seven asylum seekers to rwanda under a controversial new policy. the home secretary, priti patel, said she was disappointed, but would not be deterred and preparations for a second flight were under way. let s get the latest from our correspondent duncan kennedy at the airfierld where the flight was due to take off. what has happened really is that the flight is